January 2006 Birthdays

[Allen H]

Additions or corrections welcomed….


Happy 35th:
Chris Potter (1st)

Happy 40th:
Gene Lake (12th)
James Genus (20th)
Julian Arguelles (28th)

Happy 45th:
Ivo Perelman (12th)
Bobby Broom (18th)

Happy 50th:
Alex Cline (4th)
Nels Cline (4th)
Jan Johannsson (16th)
Kevin Norton (21st)
Mitchel Forman (24th)

Happy 55th:
Idris Ackamoor (9th)
Mark Egan (14th)
Steve Grossman (18th)
Ralph Lalama (30th)

Happy 60th:
Isao Suzuki (2nd)
Bill Easley (3rd)
George Duke (12th)
Eero Koivistoinen (13th)
Marion Cowings (24th)
Bobby Wellins (24th)
Jeff Castleman (27th)

Happy 65th:
Danny Moore (6th)
Olu Dara (12th)
Aldo Romano (16th)
Giovanni Tommaso (20th)
Bobby Hutcherson (27th)

Happy 70th:
Sonny Greenwich (1st)
Eldee Young (7th)
Hod O'Brien (19th)
Garnett Brown (31st)

Happy 75th:
Dizzy Reece (5th)
Horace Parlan (19th)
Leslie Bricusse (29th)

Happy 80th:
Roger Guerin (9th)
Bucky Pizzarelli (9th)
Ira Schulman (12th)
Franco Cerri (29th)

Happy 85th:
Ray Sims (18th)
Andre Hodeir (22nd)

Happy 90th:
Jay McShann (12th)

Happy 100th:
Wendell Culley (8th)


1
HELMUT BRANDT - German bandleader (1931-2001)
PAPA CELESTIN - trumpeter (1884-1954)
SLIM GAILLARD - singer, pianist, guitarist (1916-1991)
>>SONNY GREENWICH - guitarist - 70
MILT JACKSON - vibist (1923-1999)
HOWARD 'SWAN' JOHNSON - altoist with Diz, Benny Carter (1908-1991)
ORVILLE KNAPP - KC bandleader (1904-1936)
SUSANNAH McCORKLE - singer (1949-2001)
AL McKIBBON - bassist on "Birth of the Cool" (1919-2005)
GEORGE W. MEYER - songwriter, "There Are Such Things" (1894-1959)
>>CHRIS POTTER - tenor & alto saxophonist - 35
JACK REILLY - pianist, composer - 74
ACK VAN ROOYEN - arranger/trumpeter - 76

2
KENNY CLARKE - drummer (1914-1985)
NICK FATOOL - West Coast drummer (1915-2000)
HENRY GOODWIN - trumpeter (1910-1979)
ARTHUR PRYSOCK - singer (1924-1997)
>>ISAO SUZUKI - bassist/cellist - 60
JACKIE WILLIAMS - drummer - 73

3
AL BELLETTO - alto & baritone saxophonist - 78
JAMES CARTER - saxophonist - 37
>>BILL EASLEY - saxophonist, clarinetist - 60
MOTOHIKO HINO - drummer, bandleader (1946-1999)
PRESTON JACKSON - trombonist with Armstrong (1904-1983)
JOHN JENKINS - altoist with Clifford Jordan Big Band (1931-1993)
EDDIE JONES - bassist (1929-1997)
TRUDY KERR - Australian singer - 43
HAROLD 'GEEZIL' MINERVE - altoist with Duke & Mercer Ellington bands (1922-1992)
HERBIE NICHOLS - composer/pianist (1919-1963)

4
EUGENE CHADBOURNE - guitarist, critic - 52
>>ALEX CLINE - drummer/percussionist - 50
>>NELS CLINE - guitarist - 50
ROBERT DICK - flutist - 56
AL DREARES - drummer - 77
JOE MARSALA - clarinetist (1907-1978)
JOHN McLAUGHLIN - guitarist - 64
FRANKIE NEWTON - trumpeter (1906-1954)
FRANK WESS - tenor & alto saxophonist/flutist - 84

5
WILD BILL DAVISON - cornetist (1906-1989)
CHUCK FLORES - drummer - 71
CLIFFORD GREY - lyricist, "Sometimes I'm Happy" (1887-1941)
MYRA MELFORD - pianist - 49
Maurizio Pollini - concert pianist - 64
>>DIZZY REECE - trumpeter - 75
LOUIS STEWART - guitarist - 62
PAUL WERTICO - drummer - 53

6
LEE ABRAMS - drummer (1925-1992)
BARRY ALTSCHUL - drummer - 63
VERNON BROWN - trombonist in '20s-30s (1907-1979)
KEITH CHRISTIE - British trombonist (1931-1980)
CHRIS LAURENCE - bassist - 57
ALEX MAGUIRE - pianist/composer - 47
>>DANNY MOORE - trumpeter - 65
Alexander Scriabin - composer (1872-1915)
DON SICKLER - arranger - 62
BOBBY STARK - trumpeter with F. Henderson, Chocolate Dandies (1906-1945)
CHRISTINE TOBIN - singer - 43

7
HENRY 'RED' ALLEN - trumpeter (1908-1967)
AL BOWLLY - '30s British singer (1899-1941)
JOHN COLIANNI - pianist - 43
KENNY DAVERN - clarinetist - 71
Clara Haskil - Romanian concert pianist (1895-1960)
HAYWOOD HENRY - baritone saxophonist for Erskine Hawkins band (1913-1994)
HERB MAGIDSON - songwriter, "Gone With the Wind," "The Continental" (1906-1986)
Francis Poulenc - composer (1899-1963)
CHANO POZO - percussionist (1915-1948)
KEG PURNELL - drummer (1915-1965)
Jean-Pierre Rampal - flutist (1922-2000)
DAVEY SCHILDKRAUT - altoist (1925-1998)
CLARENCE SEAY - bassist - 49
SAM WOODYARD - '50s-60s Ellington drummer (1925-1988)
>>ELDEE YOUNG - bassist - 70

8
THURMAN BARKER - drummer, AACM artist - 58
ANDREW CLEYNDERT - bassist - 43
>>WENDELL CULLEY - trumpeter with Basie, Hampton bands - 100
BILL GOODWIN - drummer - 64
JON LUCIEN - singer - 64
MARILYN MAZUR - percussionist - 51
Elvis Presley - rocker (1935-1977)
GEORG RIEDEL - Czech bassist/composer - 72
MARGARET SLOVAK - guitarist - 44
TOMASZ SZUKALSKI - tenor saxophonist - 58
BOBBY TUCKER - pianist - 83
DAVE WECKL - drummer - 46

9
>>IDRIS ACKAMOOR - alto & soprano saxophonist - 55
ED GARLAND - bassist (1885-1980)
>>ROGER GUERIN - French trumpeter - 80
CHARLIE HARRIS - bassist (1916-2003)
JIMMY MAXWELL - trumpeter (1917-1997)
>>BUCKY PIZZARELLI - guitarist - 80
BETTY ROCHE - singer (1918-1999)
CARSON SMITH - bassist (1931-1997)
MEL STITZEL - NORK member, pianist/composer, "The Chant" (1902-1952)

10
WILLIE DENNIS - trombonist with Mingus, Mulligan (1926-1965)
ALLEN EAGER - tenor saxophonist (1927-2003)
BUDDY JOHNSON - big band singer, pianist, arranger (1915-1977)
ARTHUR JOHNSTON - songwriter, "Pennies From Heaven," My Old Flame," "Cocktails For Two" (1898-1954)
WILLIAM PARKER - bassist - 54
WAYMON REED - trumpeter with Basie, S.Vaughan (1940-1982)
MAX ROACH - drummer - 82
MIKE STERN - guitarist - 53
GIANLUIGI TROVESI - clarinetist/saxophonist, Italian Instabile Orch. - 62
JIMMY WEINSTEIN - drummer - 46

11
EDEN ATWOOD - singer - 37
DEE DANIELS - singer - 59
WILBUR DE PARIS - trombonist (1900-1973)
BOB GORDON - baritone saxophonist (1928-1955)
SLIM HARPO - bluesman (1924-1970)
EGIL JOHANSEN - Scandinavian drummer (1934-1998)
OSIE JOHNSON - session drummer, arranger (1923-1966)
CAL MASSEY - composer, trumpeter (1928-1972)
SIMON NABATOV - Russian pianist, composer - 47
JACK NIMITZ - baritone saxophonist - 76
LEE RITENOUR - guitarist - 54
BUD SCOTT - banjo player/guitarist with King Oliver, Kid Ory (1890-1940)
TAB SMITH - altoist with Lucky Millinder (1909-1971)
SIPPIE WALLACE - singer (1898-1986)

12
JANE IRA BLOOM - alto & soprano saxophonist - 51
HADLEY CALIMAN - West Coast flutist & saxophonist - 74
>>OLU DARA - trumpeter - 65
EDDIE DE LANGE - lyricist, "Solitude," "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?," "Darn That Dream" (1904-1949)
>>GEORGE DUKE - pianist - 60
Morton Feldman - composer (1926-1987)
RONALD SHANNON JACKSON - drummer - 66
INGRID JENSEN - trumpeter, educator - 39
GUY LAFITTE - French tenor saxophonist (1927-1998)
>>GENE LAKE - multi-instrumentalist - 40
TONY MALABY - tenor saxophonist - 42
>>JAY McSHANN - pianist, bandleader - 90
>>IVO PERELMAN - free jazz tenor saxophonist - 45
>>IRA SCHULMAN - flutist, reeds player - 80
TRUMMY YOUNG - trombonist (1912-1984)

13
DANNY BARKER - banjo player/guitarist (1909-1994)
STEVE BROWN - bassist (1890-1965)
SIMON H. FELL - bassist - 47
QUENTIN JACKSON - trombonist (1909-1976)
>>EERO KOIVISTOINEN - Finnish composer, arranger, educator - 60
MELBA LISTON - arranger, trombonist (1926-1999)
JOE PASS - guitarist (1929-1994)

14
BILLY BUTTERFIELD - trumpeter (1917-1988)
JIMMY CRAWFORD - drummer for Lunceford band (1910-1980)
>>MARK EGAN - bassist - 55
NGUYEN LE - guitarist - 47
STEFANO MALTESE - Italian composer, reeds player - 51
JOE MURANYI - clarinetist - 78
SEYMOUR SIMONS - songwriter, "All of Me" (1896-1949)
GRADY TATE - drummer, singer - 74
KENNY WHEELER - trumpeter - 76

15
BAIKIDA CARROLL - trumpeter - 59
GERRY GIBBS - drummer - 42
STEVE JORDAN - guitarist (1919-1993)
GENE KRUPA - drummer (1909-1973)
BOB MAIZE - bassist (1945-2004)
>>ARTIE SHAPIRO - bassist (1916-2003)
PAUL TERMOS - altoist (1952-2003)
ALLIE WRUBEL - songwriter, "Gone With the Wind," "The Masquerade is Over" (1905-1973)

16
>>JAN JOHANSSON - Swedish trombonist/pianist - 50
VIDO MUSSO - tenor saxophonist with Kenton, Goodman bands (1913-1982)
JOHN ROBICHAUX - early New Orleans bandleader (1886-1939)
SPIKE ROBINSON - tenor saxophonist (1930-2001)
>>ALDO ROMANO - drummer - 65
TANI TABBAL - drummer with Roscoe Mitchell, David Murray - 52

17
CHERYL BENTYNE - singer with Manhattan Transfer - 52
JEFF BERLIN - fusion bassist - 53
BIG SID CATLETT - drummer (1910-1951)
CYRUS CHESTNUT - pianist - 43
TED DUNBAR - guitarist (1937-1998)
GEORGE HANDY - Boyd Raeburn band arranger/composer (1920-1997)
BILLY HARPER - tenor saxophonist, composer - 63
TERRENCE HOLDER - early KC bandleader, trumpeter (1897-1979)
YVES ROBERT - French trombonist - 48
CEDAR WALTON - pianist/composer - 72

18
>>BOBBY BROOM - guitarist with Rollins, Blakey - 45
CHARLES DELAUNAY - Hot Club of France founder, discographer (1911-1988)
PETER EPSTEIN - saxophonist - 39
AL FOSTER - drummer - 62
>>STEVE GROSSMAN - soprano & tenor saxophonist - 55
IRENE KRAL - singer (1932-1978)
>>RAY SIMS - trombonist - 85
DON THOMPSON - bassist - 66

19
CHARLES AMIRKHANIAN - composer - 61
SAM BROWN - guitarist (1939-1977)
ISRAEL CROSBY - bassist for F.Henderson, Krupa, Jamal (1919-1962)
RAY EBERLE - singer with G.Miller, bandleader (1919-1979)
JOHN 'STREAMLINE' EWING - trombonist - 89
JOE MAGNARELLI - trumpeter - 46
J.R. MONTEROSE - tenor saxophonist (1927-1993)
>>HOD O'BRIEN - pianist - 70
>>HORACE PARLAN - pianist - 75
SHEP SHEPHERD - drummer with Bill Doggett - 89
PHIL WILSON - trombonist/composer - 69

20
JIMMY COBB - drummer - 77
CHUCK DOMANICO - bassist with S.Horn, S.Manne (1944-2002)
>>JAMES GENUS - bassist - 40
BILL LESAGE - vibist/pianist (1927-2001)
Walter Piston - composer (1894-1976)
VALERY PONOMAREV - trumpeter, leader of Universal Language - 63
ANDY SHEPPARD - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 49
LEW SOLOFF - trumpeter - 82
>>GIOVANNI TOMMASO - bassist - 65
JEFF 'TAIN' WATTS - drummer - 46

21
RUDI BLESH - journalist, producer (1899-1985)
STEVE GILMORE - bassist with Phil Woods, Al Cohn/Zoot Sims - 63
LOU GRASSI - drummer - 59
LEADBELLY (HUDDIE LEDBETTER) - bluesman (1888-1949)
JASON MORAN - pianist - 31
SHIGEHARU MUKAI - Japanese trombonist - 57
>>KEVIN NORTON - percussionist - 50
STEVE POTTS - alto & soprano saxophonist - 63

22
MAARTEN ALTENA - Dutch bassist - 63
TONY CAMPISE - altoist, flutist - 63
SAM COOKE - singer (1931-1964)
MILO FINE - critic, free jazz drummer/pianist - 54
>>ANDRE HODEIR - critic - 85
J.J. JOHNSON - trombonist, arranger (1924-2001)
PHILLIP JOHNSTON - avant-garde saxophonist, composer - 51
BIG ED LEWIS - trumpeter with Basie (1909-1985)
TEDDY McRAE - tenor saxophonist (1908-1999)
IRVING 'MOUSE' RANDOLPH - trumpeter (1909-1997)
ALAN SILVA - bassist - 67
JUAN TIZOL - trombonist, arranger, composer of "Perdido," "Caravan" (1900-1984)
MICHAEL URBANIAK - violinist - 63
EBERHARD WEBER - bassist - 66
LIZZ WRIGHT - singer - 26

23
RAY ABRAMS - tenor saxophonist, big band leader (1920-1992)
FRED BECKETT - trombonist (1917-1946)
GARY BURTON - vibist - 63
SCOOPS CARRY - altoist, clarinetist (1915-1970)
CURTIS COUNCE - bassist (1926-1963)
TEDDY NAPOLEON - pianist with Krupa (1914-1964)
HAROLD OUSLEY - educator, saxophonist - 77
MARTY PAICH - arranger, pianist (1925-1995)
DJANGO REINHARDT - guitarist (1910-1953)
MICHEL WARLOP - violinist with S.Grappelli (1911-1947)
BENNY WATERS - altoist (1902-1998)

24
JOE ALBANY - pianist (1924-1988)
>>MARION COWINGS - singer - 60
BOB DEGEN - pianist - 62
DUANE EUBANKS - trumpeter - 37
>>MITCHEL FORMAN - pianist - 50
JIMMY FORREST - tenor saxophonist (1920-1980)
JULIUS HEMPHILL - altoist (1938-1995)
NANCY MARANO - singer - 61
MARCUS PRINTUP - trumpeter - 39
>>BOBBY WELLINS - tenor saxophonist - 60
TINY WINTERS - British bassist (1909-1996)

25
LENY ANDRADE - Brazilian singer - 63
WELLMAN BRAUD - bassist (1891-1966)
BARBARA CARROLL - singer, pianist - 81
BENNY GOLSON - tenor saxophonist, composer - 77
D. D. JACKSON - pianist - 39
ETTA JAMES - R&B singer - 68
ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM - songwriter (1927-1994)
HARRY LINK - songwriter, "These Foolish Things," "Me, Myself and I" (1896-1956)
Witold Lutoslawski - composer (1913-1994)
TRUCK PARHAM - bassist with Lunceford, Hines (1911-2002)
FLOYD SMITH - guitarist with Andy Kirk, Bill Doggett (1917-1982)
DAVE STORRS - drummer - 56
JIMMY WYBLE - guitarist - 84

26
ALICE BABS - singer - 82
STEPHONE GRAPPELLI - violinist (1908-1997)
DICK NASH - trombonist - 78
AKI TAKASE - pianist - 58
JIMMY VAN HEUSEN - songwriter (1913-1990)
TERRY WALDO - pianist/composer - 62
CRAWFORD WETHINGTON - early altoist with Armstrong (1904-?)

27
PHEEROAN AKLAFF (aka PAUL MADDOX) - drummer - 51
BOBBY 'BLUE' BLAND - bluesman - 76
JIMMY BOND - bassist - 73
>>JEFF CASTLEMAN - bassist with Ellington in '60s - 60
WILL MARION COOK - composer (1869-1944)
BUDDY DE SYLVA - lyricist, "Do It Again," "It All Depends On You," "Birth of the Blues," "Somebody Loves Me" (1895-1950)
DJAVAN (VIANA) - Brazilian singer/songwriter, "Missing A Piece," "Upside Down" - 57
CHARLIE HOLMES - '30s altoist (1910-1985)
>>BOBBY HUTCHERSON - vibist - 65
ELMORE JAMES - bluesman (1918-1963)
JEROME KERN - songwriter (1885-1945)
DICK MELDONIAN - clarinetist/saxophonist - 76
BOB MINTZER - tenor saxophonist, bass clarinetist - 53
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - composer (1756-1791)
ORAN 'HOT LIPS' PAGE - trumpeter/singer (1908-1954)
MILT RASKIN - pianist/composer (1916-1977)
HARRY RUBY - songwriter, "Nevertheless," "Three Little Words" (1895-1974)
JIMMIE SMITH - drummer with Erroll Garner - 68

28
>>JULIAN ARGUELLES - tenor saxophonist - 40
JOHN BACON JR. - drummer/percussionist with Roswell Rudd - 43
FAREED HAQUE - guitarist - 43
BOB HILLIARD - lyricist, "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," "The Coffee Song" (1918-1971)
BOB MOSES - drummer - 58
LOUIS 'BIG EYE' NELSON - early New Orleans clarinetist (1885-1949)
ZILNER RANDOLPH - trumpeter, composer/arranger with Armstrong in '30s (1899-1994)
Artur Rubinstein - concert pianist (1887-1982)
RONNIE SCOTT - tenor saxophonist, London club owner (1927-1996)
John Tavener - composer - 62
BILL WARE - Knitting Factory vibist - 47
PAUL WEST - bassist, violinist - 72
JOHNNY WILLIAMS - pianist - 77

29
DEREK BAILEY - guitarist (1930-2005)
>>LESLIE BRICUSSE - songwriter, "Who Can I Turn To?" - 75
MARC CARY - pianist - 39
>>FRANCO CERRI - Italian guitarist - 80
JEFF CLYNE - bassist - 69
SACHA DISTEL - guitarist (1933-2004)
SALENA JONES - singer - 62
BEVERLY KENNEY - singer (1932-1960)
JEANNE LEE - singer (1939-2000)
ULYSSES LIVINGSTON - guitarist with Benny Carter, Billie Holiday (1912-1988)
ANDY MILNE - pianist with Steve Coleman - 39
ARNOLD ROSS - pianist (1921-2000)
ED SHAUGHNESSY - Basie band drummer - 77
DON SHIRLEY - pianist - 79
DAVE YOUNG - bassist - 66

30
AHMED ABDUL-MALIK - bassist (1927-1993)
RUTH BROWN - singer - 78
ROY ELDRIDGE - trumpeter (1911-1989)
TUBBY HAYES - tenor saxophonist (1935-1973)
ROGER HUMPHRIES - drummer with Horace Silver, educator - 62
>>RALPH LALAMA - tenor saxophonist - 55
JIM LANIGAN - bassist in '20s Chicago (1902-1983)
BERNIE LEIGHTON - pianist (1921-1994)
BUDDY MONTGOMERY - pianist, vibist - 76
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA - tango composer, arranger (1921-1992)

31
>>GARNETT BROWN - trombonist - 70
Philip Glass - composer - 69
BOBBY HACKETT - cornetist (1915-1976)
ISHAM JONES - bandleader, songwriter, "It Had To Be You," "Swingin' Down the Lane," "The One I Love" (1894-1956)
ALAN LOMAX - folklorist (1915-2002)
BENNY MORTON - trombonist (1907-1985)
FRANK RICOTTI - vibist - 57
Franz Schubert - composer (1797-1828)
ROOSEVELT SYKES - bluesman (1906-1983)

[Mike Schwartz]

Happy New Year Allen!


SONGWRITERS BIRTHDAYS - JANUARY

Jan. 7 (1906) Herb Magidson Lyrics: The Masquerade is Over,
I'll Buy That Dream, Music Maestro Please, The Continental, Gone With
the Wind

Jan. 9 (1922) Vic Mizzy Music: There's a Faraway Look In Your
Eyes, My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time, Take It Easy

Jan. 10 (1898) Arthur Johnston Music: Pennies From Heaven, Just
One More Chance, My Old Flame, Cocktails For Two

Jan. 10 (1948) Donald Fagen Music & Lyrics: Deacon Blues, Walk
Between Raindrops, Hey Nineteen, Third World Man, FM (No Static At
All), Black Friday, Century's End, Snowbound, Aja, My Old School.

Jan. 12 (1904) Edgar DeLange Lyrics: Lost April, Darn That
Dream, Solitude, Moonglow, Deep In a Dream

Jan. 13 (1885) James Monaco Music: There Will Never Be Another
You, This Is My Night to Dream, You Made Me Love You, I'm Making
Believe, I Can't Begin To Tell You

Jan. 14 (1896) Seymour Simons Music: All Of Me Lyrics:
Breezin' Along With The Breeze, Honey

Jan. 15 (1905) Allie Wrubel Music: The Masquerade is Over, I'll
Buy That Dream, Music Maestro Please, As You Desire Me, Gone With The Wind

Jan. 22 (1895) Buddy DeSylva Lyrics: The Best Things in Life
Are Free, Sunny Side Up, Birth of the Blues, Somebody Loves Me, It All
Depends On You

Jan. 25 (1896) Harry Link Music: These Foolish Things (Remind Me
of You), I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling, By My Side.

Jan. 25 (1927) Antonio Carlos Jobim Music: Desifinado,
Meditation, Girl From Ipanema. Music & Lyrics (Port.): Quiet Nights of
Quiet Stars, One Note Samba, Waters of March.

Jan. 25 (1929) Benny Golson Music: Killer Joe, I Remember
Clifford, Stablemates, Along Came Betty, Whisper Not.

Jan. 26 (1913) James Van Heusen Music: Here's That Rainy Day,
Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Like Someone In Love, Walking Happy, It Could
Happen To You, Darn That Dream, Imagination, Aren't You Glad You're You?

Jan. 27 (1885) Jerome Kern Music: In Love in Vain, Nobody Else
But Me, All The Things You Are, Pick Yourself Up, Smoke Gets in Your
Eyes, The Way You Look Tonight, A Fine Romance, The Song is You

Jan. 27 (1895) Harry Ruby Music: Nevertheless (I'm in Love
With You), Give Me the Simple Life, Who's Sorry Now, Three Little Words

Jan. 28 (1918) Bob Hilliard Lyrics: In The Wee Small Hours of
the Morning, How Do You Speak to An Angel, Dear Hearts and Gentle
People, Our Day Will Come

Jan. 29 (1937) Leslie Bricusse Music & Lyrics: What Kind of Fool
Am I?, A Wonderful Day Like Today, Gonna Build a Mountain, Who Can I
Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)? Lyrics: If I Ruled the World

Jan. 31 (1894) Isham Jones Music: It Had To Be You, There Is No
Greater Love, You've Got Me Crying Again, I'll See You in My Dreams, The
One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else).

[Mike Schwartz]

Born
Jan 12, 1909 in Muskogee, OK

AMG has this date for Jay McShann...maybe our friend Scott Yanow can help as he wrote the bio there.

[Scott Yanow]

There is a major question about Jay McShann's birthdate. Jan. 12 seems certain and the older reference books (and AMG) say it was in 1909 but more recently it has been reported that he was actually born in 1916. I'm certain that he's not going to be turning 97 so I would go with the latter date. Happy 90th Hootie!